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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLAN J. BEATON, OF SOUTIiIINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO `THE BEATON da BRADLEY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.' I

FLOOR-'SLEEVE AND oEiLlNcQLA-IE.

SPECIFICATION forming pareti Letters Patent No. 590,717, dated, september es, i897'. Application filed May 15, 1896. Serial No. 591,631. k(liloino'rlel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.- y

Be it known that I, ALLAN J. BEATON, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at Southington, in the county ofvIIartford and'State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Floor-Sleeves and plan view of the same, .the plane of the section cutting through the wings of the inner sleeve at the top edge of the plate. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thelower end of the inner floor-sleeve and attached plate with a portion of the plate broken away. Fig. lis a central vertical section of the lower end of the outer floor-sleeve and side elevation of the lower end ot' the inner floorsleeve. Y

A designates the outer floor-sleeve, having at'its upper end a horizontal iiange 5 forrest-l ing upon the floor lying immediatelyabove the ceiling to which the ceiling-plate B is tov be applied. The lower end of 4,this outer floor-sleeve is provided with a circumferen tial and internal bur or flange 6, which projects inwardly beyond the inner wall of said sleeve, or, in other words, the internal diameter of said fiange is less than the internal diameter at the body of the said outer sleeve above said flange. This iiange preferably extends obliquely around said sleeve. lA space is left on one side where said flange G is cut away or broken-as, for example, between the confronting ends of the iiange 6, as shown in Fig. 1-'both ends of the flange terminating at the longitudinal seam 7. If desired, this break or space in the flange may be at some other point in the circumference of the sleeve, but I prefer to form said break at said seam.

The inner sleeve C is fitted rather closely to the inside of the flange G and loosely to the interior ofthe outer sleeve above said ange, said out-er and inner sleeves being telescopically' arranged.

If desired, theinner sleeve may be slit longitudinally, as at 25, so that its upper end may expand and more closely fill the outer sleeve. I provide said inner sleeve with a series of projections 8, formed in' or attached to said sleeve in any fproper manner. They can readily be swaged np from the body of the metal,leaving them hollow on the inside. The inner diameter ofthe outer sleeve is large enough at allfpoints above its iiange G to readily receive' these projections and permit them to move in any direction. The lower end of the inner sleeve I provide with wings 9, having outwardlylturned lugs l0 at their lower ends.

l/Vhen I make the bur or iiange obliquely or spirally around the outer slee-ve, I prefer to have the incline or pitch of said flange in going once around the sleeve about equal to the VerticaIdiStanCe from centerto center of the projections'S.

The ceilingplate B in its main features is substantially the same as in my Patent No. 546,461, dated September 17, 1895, and comprises t-he two attachable and detachable companion parts l1 and 12, having interlockingtenons 13 and sockets for receiving said tenons,` and the spring` latch or holder 14. Such plate, however,`of itself forms no part of my present invention, and any other two-part plate having suitable interlocking devices may be substituted therefor as an equivalent.

In addition to the interlocking devices of this plate I employ the two spring-lugs 15.

-These lugs are formed of sheet metal, secured in any-proper manner to the plates by one end,and extend in a circumferential direction, as shown, along the outside of the inner rim of the plate, but a little distance therefrom, leaving suficient space to receive the wings 9, as hereinafter described.

The inner sleeve may be inserted endwise into the outer sleeve by bringing the series of projections in front of the break or space in the ange G before pushing the said inner sleeve in place. By turning the inner sleeve within the outer one so that one of the pro- IOO jections 8 of the series comes within the bur AIS or flange (5 the inner sleeve is secured against being dropped or pulled eudwise out of the outer sleeve. A hole is bored through the ceiling and fioor where a pipe is to pass and then the two sleeves together are passed through said hole from above and left with the fiange 5 at the upper end of the outer sleeve resting upon the fioor above the ceiling to hold the sleeve in place, and with the lower end of the inner sleeve projecting down below the ceiling or the lath where the ceiling is to be. The flange 5 of the outer sleeve may be nailed to the floor or said sleeve may be secured firmly in place in any other desired manner. The plumber will pass a pipe through the sleeve, and after the plumbing and the ceiling are finished the ceiling-plate is attached to the lower end of the lower sleeve, after putting the two parts thereof together to encircle Athe pipe, by first putting the plate opposite the end of said sleeve with the wings 9 extending down on the outside of' the inner rim of the plate and in front of the ends of the spring-lugs l5, while the lugs l0 of said wings are in"a position to pass under the lower edge of said spring-lugs. The ceiling-plate is then turned or rotated on the axis of the sleeve and inclosed pipe in the direction to force the spring-lugs into engagement with the wings 9, the bodyof said springlugs extending along the outer face of the wings 9, while the lower edges of said springlugs come into position just above the side lugs lO on said wings which lie between the springs on their outer sides and the inner rim of the plate on their inner sides, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The inner sleeve may now be rotated to bring the series of projections S into alinement with the space or break in the iange 6 and then forced endwise upwardly until the ceiling-plate is up or nearly up against the ceiling. The combined plate and inner sleeve may t-hen be rotated to force one of the projections into the flange 6, and, it the flange is oblique or spiral, still further rotating the inner slee ve will draw the ceiling-plate snugly up against the ceiling and hold it in place against any accidental displacement.

lf desired, instead of sliding the inner sleeve within the outerv sleeve to bring the plate to its approximate adjustment the plate may be moved upwardly by rotating the inner sleeve within the outer one when constructed as shown, because as one of the projections runs ofi' one end of the fiange 6 the next lower projection of the series immediately engages the other end of the fiange, so that the inner sleeve is drawn upwardly by the mere act of rotating it in the proper direction.

I claim as my-invention l. The combination of a floor-sleeve having at its lower end the wings 9 and their outwardly-extended lugs lO with two separable companion parts of a ceiling-plate having their ends fitted to abut against each other, each part having on the outside of its inner rim the circumferentially-extended springlugs adapted to receive the said wings 9 between said lugs and inner rim of the said companion parts, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a floor-sleeve, having the wings 9 and their outwardly-extended lugs l0 at the lower end of said sleeve, and a ceiling-plate provided with spring-lugs secured by one end to said plate, whereby the body of said lugs extends outside of the wings 9 at a point above the lugs l0 of said wings, substantially as described.

3. A fioor-sleeve comprising an outer sleeve having turned from its lower end the inwardly-projecting circumferential flange the ends of which flange are separated by a break or space, the inner diameter of said flange being less than the internal diameter of the body of said outer sleeve, and an inner sleeve having a series of external projections adapted to pass through said break or space and to extend upwardly inside of the outer sleeve which is large enough to readily receive and let said projections pass at all points above the said flange, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

ALLAN J. BEATON.

lVitnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, A. W. STIPEK. 

